103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4041 Introduced , by Rep. Jonathan Carroll SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 230 ILCS 45/25-25 Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Provides that a licensee (rather than until July 1, 2023, a licensee) under the provisions may accept a wager for a sports event involving an Illinois collegiate team if the wager is a tier 1 wager and the wager is not related to an individual athlete's performance. Removes language providing that a licensee may accept a wager for a sports event involving an Illinois collegiate team if the wager is made in person instead of over the Internet or through a mobile application. LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4041 Introduced , by Rep. Jonathan Carroll SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 230 ILCS 45/25-25 230 ILCS 45/25-25 Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Provides that a licensee (rather than until July 1, 2023, a licensee) under the provisions may accept a wager for a sports event involving an Illinois collegiate team if the wager is a tier 1 wager and the wager is not related to an individual athlete's performance. Removes language providing that a licensee may accept a wager for a sports event involving an Illinois collegiate team if the wager is made in person instead of over the Internet or through a mobile application. LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4041 Introduced , by Rep. Jonathan Carroll SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 230 ILCS 45/25-25 230 ILCS 45/25-25 230 ILCS 45/25-25 Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Provides that a licensee (rather than until July 1, 2023, a licensee) under the provisions may accept a wager for a sports event involving an Illinois collegiate team if the wager is a tier 1 wager and the wager is not related to an individual athlete's performance. Removes language providing that a licensee may accept a wager for a sports event involving an Illinois collegiate team if the wager is made in person instead of over the Internet or through a mobile application. LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b A BILL FOR HB4041LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b HB4041 LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b HB4041 LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b 1 AN ACT concerning gaming. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Sports Wagering Act is amended by changing 5 Section 25-25 as follows: 6 (230 ILCS 45/25-25) 7 Sec. 25-25. Sports wagering authorized. 8 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, 9 the operation of sports wagering is only lawful when conducted 10 in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules of 11 the Illinois Gaming Board and the Department of the Lottery. 12 (b) A person placing a wager under this Act shall be at 13 least 21 years of age. 14 (c) A licensee under this Act may not accept a wager on a 15 minor league sports event. 16 (d) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a 17 licensee under this Act may not accept a wager for a sports 18 event involving an Illinois collegiate team. 19 (d-5) A Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory 20 Act of the 102nd General Assembly until July 1, 2023, a 21 licensee under this Act may accept a wager for a sports event 22 involving an Illinois collegiate team if: 23 (1) the wager is a tier 1 wager; and 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4041 Introduced , by Rep. Jonathan Carroll SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 230 ILCS 45/25-25 230 ILCS 45/25-25 230 ILCS 45/25-25 Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Provides that a licensee (rather than until July 1, 2023, a licensee) under the provisions may accept a wager for a sports event involving an Illinois collegiate team if the wager is a tier 1 wager and the wager is not related to an individual athlete's performance. Removes language providing that a licensee may accept a wager for a sports event involving an Illinois collegiate team if the wager is made in person instead of over the Internet or through a mobile application. LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b A BILL FOR 230 ILCS 45/25-25 LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b HB4041 LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b HB4041- 2 -LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b HB4041 - 2 - LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b HB4041 - 2 - LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b 1 (2) the wager is not related to an individual 2 athlete's performance; and 3 (3) the wager is made in person instead of over the 4 Internet or through a mobile application. 5 (e) A licensee under this Act may only accept a wager from 6 a person physically located in the State. 7 (f) Master sports wagering licensees may use any data 8 source for determining the results of all tier 1 sports 9 wagers. 10 (g) A sports governing body headquartered in the United 11 States may notify the Board that it desires to supply official 12 league data to master sports wagering licensees for 13 determining the results of tier 2 sports wagers. Such 14 notification shall be made in the form and manner as the Board 15 may require. If a sports governing body does not notify the 16 Board of its desire to supply official league data, a master 17 sports wagering licensee may use any data source for 18 determining the results of any and all tier 2 sports wagers on 19 sports contests for that sports governing body. 20 Within 30 days of a sports governing body notifying the 21 Board, master sports wagering licensees shall use only 22 official league data to determine the results of tier 2 sports 23 wagers on sports events sanctioned by that sports governing 24 body, unless: (1) the sports governing body or designee cannot 25 provide a feed of official league data to determine the 26 results of a particular type of tier 2 sports wager, in which HB4041 - 2 - LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b HB4041- 3 -LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b HB4041 - 3 - LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b HB4041 - 3 - LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b 1 case master sports wagering licensees may use any data source 2 for determining the results of the applicable tier 2 sports 3 wager until such time as such data feed becomes available on 4 commercially reasonable terms; or (2) a master sports wagering 5 licensee can demonstrate to the Board that the sports 6 governing body or its designee cannot provide a feed of 7 official league data to the master sports wagering licensee on 8 commercially reasonable terms. During the pendency of the 9 Board's determination, such master sports wagering licensee 10 may use any data source for determining the results of any and 11 all tier 2 sports wagers. 12 (h) A licensee under this Act may not accept wagers on a 13 kindergarten through 12th grade sports event. 14 (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-689, eff. 12-17-21.) HB4041 - 3 - LRB103 31993 BMS 60800 b